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I recently purchased a set of M&K K4 tripole speakers based solely on their reputation as great surround speakers but I'm having problems getting them balance - or worst case, one could be dodgy...
They are used a surround L&R channels in a 7.1 height setup along with 3 M&K S85 as the front three and 2 JBL Comtrol One pro as front height and a BK XLX200FF sub all connected to an Onkyo TX-NR818 receiver using Audyssey XT32.
The K4's replaced a set of LCR 55's direct radiators that sounded good but I had the inkling to try something new so went for the tripoles. I run the Audyssey tones and everything sounds as it should and the system seems to have done a good job of eqing the room with all the speakers except the JBL's set to 100Hz and the JBL's set to 70. distances seem pretty spot on and confirming the levels with a SPL metre confirms that all of the levels are at 75db +/- 1 or 2...however, when you use the system for movie watching, all the surround effects seem to come from the rights channel with nothing coming from the left. The are wall mounted about 4 feet about head height when seated and 30cm from the back wall. the right channels seems a little overpowering with all the effects coming from it but if you get up close to the left channel, you do hear something but it's not a loud (nowhere near to be honest) as the right channel...running the test tone through it gives equal readings on the SPL metre and running audio tests through the surround channels via THX Optimode gives results that I would expect...it's only when watching a film via any source that the left channel seems to dissapear...does anybody know why please?
They are used a surround L&R channels in a 7.1 height setup along with 3 M&K S85 as the front three and 2 JBL Comtrol One pro as front height and a BK XLX200FF sub all connected to an Onkyo TX-NR818 receiver using Audyssey XT32.
The K4's replaced a set of LCR 55's direct radiators that sounded good but I had the inkling to try something new so went for the tripoles. I run the Audyssey tones and everything sounds as it should and the system seems to have done a good job of eqing the room with all the speakers except the JBL's set to 100Hz and the JBL's set to 70. distances seem pretty spot on and confirming the levels with a SPL metre confirms that all of the levels are at 75db +/- 1 or 2...however, when you use the system for movie watching, all the surround effects seem to come from the rights channel with nothing coming from the left. The are wall mounted about 4 feet about head height when seated and 30cm from the back wall. the right channels seems a little overpowering with all the effects coming from it but if you get up close to the left channel, you do hear something but it's not a loud (nowhere near to be honest) as the right channel...running the test tone through it gives equal readings on the SPL metre and running audio tests through the surround channels via THX Optimode gives results that I would expect...it's only when watching a film via any source that the left channel seems to dissapear...does anybody know why please?